The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-18
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.

About Various Lines
Griffin, Ga, wants a union depot.
Chattanooga will soon have nine trunk
lines
Ground was broken at Chattanooga Mon
day morning for the construction of the
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus railway.
Mr. J. H. Curry, of Oxford, Fla. left on
Aug. Is for New York and Boston in the
interest of the St Johns, Lake Weir and
Gulf railroad and his famous patent car
motor.
J. p. Patton started from Kissimmee,
Fla, with his surveying corps Wednesday
60 run the preliminary line from there to
NarcoOssee for the Central railway. This
road is expected to be finished before Christ
mas
The Rogers Locomotive Works will soon
complete fifteen new consolidated locomo-
tives for the Southern and Northern Divi-
sions of the Louisville and Nashville. These
will be the only engines of the kind in the
South.
All of the railroads passing through
Macon are all right except the Georgia
road and the COvington and Macon. The
former will be repaired as fast as possible,
and workmen are now busy on the Coving-
ton and Macon bridge across the Ocmulgee
river.
ginia and Georgia railroad are not running
into the union depot at Atlanta although
an official announcement that they would
was made two months ago. just why the
trains are not entering the depot is not
known.
The papers in the $40. 900 damage suit of
Mrs. Minnie Loveman against the Alabama
Great Southern railroad were served Mon
day. Mrs. Loveman claims damages for
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station, when her destination was Akron,
to which point she had paid fare
The Orange Belt railway has forty-four
miles of the extension beyond Clermont
ready for iron; ross-ties are laid and
bridges finished. The San Antonio and
Tarpon Springs is progressing with vigor,
while the stretch between Tarpon Springs
and Petersburg on the Gulf is being pushed
rapidly.
The bridge of the Kansas City, Memphis
and Birmingham road over the Little War
rior river was subjected to test Monday
An engine with fiat cars loaded with steel,
so as to bear 1000 pounds to the lineal foot
was run over the structure. 1t was pro-
nounced by the engineers substantial in
every respect.
Detailed drawings for the new Alabama
Great Southern Machine and Car Shops at
Birmingham have been received. All the
material for the plant has been ordered, and
on its arrival work will be commenced. 1t
is designed that these shall be the principal
machine and car shops of the company, and
the shops at Chattanooga will be moved
there as soon as possible.
Lawrence Curren, General Freight Agent
of the Louisville and Nashville, SAYS that
transportation of merchandise for the fall
trade has begun. The season is opening
earlier than ever before and the prospect
for active business is good Birmingham
has become8he great distributing centre for
freights by all the roads now, and their
facilities are taxed to the fullest extent.
Orlando Record From a reliable
source we learn that Mr. H. B. Plant
has made an offer to the DeBary
people for their entire transportation inter
ests on the St Johns river. If this infor-
nation is correct, and there is good reason
to believe it to be so, it is additional evil
dence that Mr.. Plant is seeking to monopo-
lie the carrying business of South Florida.
The Rome, Ga, people are jubilant on
account of the commencement of work on
the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus road.
That Rome will be leading factor in this
enterprise, is evidenced by the fact that the
following Romans have been elected officers
of the road: John c. Clements, President;
w. T. McWilliams, Vice President; r. T.
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and DR.. j. B. s. Holmes, Director.
Mondays Brunswick Advertiser. The
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia sent
out Saturday night over the Brunswick and
Western track, via Waycross and Jesup. a
passenger and freight train caught on this
side of the washout. No trains at all are
run between this city and Jesup, and will not
be until the track is repaired This morn
ing's train arrived at noon by the same
route, under Conductor Richardson, and
| will go out this afternoon at $50.
Mr.. D. w. Rodgers, General Manager of
| the Tennessee and CooSa River Railroad, is
in Birmingham, for the purpose of arrang-
! ing freight rates to that place. The Ten
nessee and Coosa River road extends from
| Talladega to Pell City, new station just
| beyond Eden, on the Georgia Pacific The
| road will be completed in few weeks.
| Pell City is destined to be quite a railroad
center, as the East and West Railroad, com
mencing at Broken Arrow. has Us western
| terminus there.
At meeting of the Memphis Legislative
| Council Monday morning the contract for
the erection of the union depot by the
| Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Rail
| road Company was ratified, and work will
| be commenced at once. The grounds Sc
lected are known as the navy yard proper
| ty, in the northern part of the city, which
was purchased several weeks ago by the
railroad company for Sl30,000 The i'm
| provements contemplated will necessitate
the expenditure of another $3.50, 900, and
will be used by the Louisville and Nashville,
the Memphis and Charleston, and Mempis
and Little Rock, together with the CheSa-
Ia nd